Daniel K. Bryson

DanielK.Bryson

Dan is one of the nation's most respected and experienced attorneys in the area of construction product defect litigation involving mass torts, class actions or individual lawsuits (condominiums and multi-family).

For over 25 years, Dan has focused his practice on complex civil litigation, successfully representing thousands of owners in a wide variety of defective construction product suits, class actions, and various mass torts and recovering more than $1.25 billion for his clients in numerous states throughout the country. He frequently collaborates with other attorneys in order to assemble the most effective team possible. Dan has also been lead, co-lead or steering committee member in a number of successful MDL or class actions.

Dan is a frequent lecturer and writer on a variety of defective construction products, insurance, and consumer mass tort related disputes. He has been quoted by a variety of media outlets over the years including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Times and Lawyers Weekly to name a few. He has been named as a member of the Legal Elite and Super Lawyers in North Carolina on numerous occasions. Dan is the past chair of the NC Bar Association, Construction Law Section.

Dan's recent experience includes serving as co-lead counsel in MDL No. 2514 against Pella Windows & Doors in Federal Court in Charleston, SC before the Honorable Judge David Norton. Dan has also served as lead counsel in MDL No. 2333 against MI Windows and Doors in Federal Court in Charleston, SC before the Honorable Judge David Norton. He is co-lead counsel in a MDL 2495 against Atlas Roofing Corporation in Federal Court in Atlanta, GA before the Honorable Judge Thomas Thrash, Jr. He has also served as a member of the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee (Co-chair Science and Expert Committee) for the MDL 2047 involving Chinese Drywall. A settlement valued at over $1 billion was approved in 2013 involving one of the primary defendants, Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin and hundreds of other defendants and insurance companies. Dan served on the trial team in Federal Court in Louisiana before the Honorable Eldon Fallon for each of the three Chinese Drywall bellwether cases.

He has also won a number of impressive jury and trial verdicts in building defect cases through the years involving windows and numerous other building products. Earlier in his career, Dan secured substantial sums for thousands of homeowners throughout the country who had a synthetic stucco on their homes called Exterior Insulation Finish System ("EIFS"), which caused water damage. On another occasion, he secured substantial sums for thousands of homeowners throughout Western Kentucky who had cracking concrete as a result of alkali carbonate reaction. Dan has also obtained numerous settlements or verdicts for homeowner associations for a wide variety of construction defects.

Dan is an 1983 graduate of the Universtity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and received his law degree, with honors, from Wake Forest University in 1988.

Bar Admissions

North Carolina, 1988

Kentucky, 2008

U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 1988

U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 1993

U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 1993

U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky, 2008

U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 1992

U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 2007

Education

Wake Forest University School of Law, Winston Salem, North Carolina

Doctor of Jurisprudence, J.D. cum laude - 1988

Honors: With Honors

Law Review: Wake Forest Law Review, Member, 1987 - 1988

University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina

M.B.A. - 1986

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

B.A. - 1983

Published Works

What Every NCAJ Member Should Know About Class Actions and Mass Torts

State of the Union on Condominium Construction Issues and How to Protect Your Legal Interests and Present a Potential Claim (co-author with Scott C. Harris)

Are CGL Policies Still Worth Having?

The Latest on Mold and What You Must Know (Co-Author with Scott C. Harris)

What You Need to Know About General Liability Insurance Coverage

General Contractor Liability for Defective Construction and the Subcontractor Exception

Liability Issues in Construction Defect Cases

Toxic Mold: A Legal Primer

North Carolina Construction Law Deskbook Chapter on North Carolina Suretyship

Speaker/Faculty, Perspectives for the Construction Lawyer: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?, North Carolina Bar Association, 2010 Construction Law Section Annual Meeting, Cary, North Carolina, September 24, 2010 - September 25, 2010

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